US President George W.
Bush has used the last day of his Mideast tour to call on the region's leaders to actively seek a lasting peace. Speaking Singer Pete Doherty back on stage ...
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Egyptian military court jails 25 members of opposition group ... at the World Economic Forum in the Red Sea Resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Bush emphasised that achieving such a peace would require action on both sides and tough sacrifices from Israel. Bush has been facing criticism in the Arab community over a speech he gave to the Israeli Knesset earlier in the week. Some say the speech, in which Bush stressed Washington's solidarity with Israel but hardly mentioned Palestinian aspirations for a state of their own, raised serious questions about whether he can be a just peace mediator. On Saturday, Bush met with both Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak.
(Deutsche Welle)
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